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EFAMA advises against ESMA’s ESG fund naming guidelines
24 February 2023 Belgium
Reporter: Lucy Carter

EFAMA has expressed concern around ESMA's proposed approach to the use of ESG and sustainability-related terms when naming funds

ESMA provides comment on Europe’s sustainability reporting standards
27 January 2023 France
Reporter: Lucy Carter

ESMA has stated that EFRAG's first draft of European Sustainability Reporting Standards is ‘broadly capable’ of meeting investor protection and financial stability objectives

ESMA to launch review on the application of MiFID II disclosure rules
17 January 2023 Europe
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

As part of the CSA, to be conducted over the course of 2023, NCAs will review whether marketing communications,(including advertisements), are fair, clear and non-misleading and how firms select the target audience for the marketing communications

ESMA recommends ISO-standard DTI codes for DLT pilot
11 January 2023 France
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The authority has recommended ISO-standard digital token identifier codes for use in its distributed ledger technology pilot regulatory regime, which comes into force 23 March 2023

ESMA publishes AIF and UCITS standards report
23 December 2022 Europe
Reporter: Lucy Carter

ESMA has published a final report on the technical standards for the cross-border activities of AIFs and UCITS

ESMA issues guidance on DLT-based market infrastructure
16 December 2022 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

These guidelines provide templates for applications to operate any form of DLT market infrastructure under the DLT Pilot Regulation, including a DLT MTF, a DLT settlement system or a DLT trading and settlement system

European financial authorities gather evidence on greenwashing
16 November 2022 Europe
Reporter: Bob Currie

ESMA, EBA and EIOPA have launched a call for information closing on 10 January, recognising that a better understanding of greenwashing practices will help to inform policy making and strengthen sustainability-related claims in financial services

SRD regulation remains unclear, CorpActions panellists say
15 November 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD) should be made a regulation rather than remaining as a directive, according to a panellist at this year’s CorpActions conference in London.

ESMA withdraws third-country recognition from six Indian CCPs
02 November 2022 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

European securities market regulator concludes that cumulative conditions for recognising these third-country CCPs under EMIR have not been met since no cooperation agreements have been established with the relevant Indian market authorities

Kaizen Reporting appoints Matthew Vincent as a managing director
18 October 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Vincent has more than 30 years of experience in financial services, including more than 10 years’ experience working in regulatory reporting functions at Tier 1 banks

ESMA releases five-year roadmap
18 October 2022 France
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published its 2023-2028 strategy, with three strategic priorities and two thematic drivers

SIX expands digital assets market presence with CryptoCompare
07 October 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Lucy Carter

As a result of the partnership, SIX will be able to cover more than 85 per cent of cryptocurrency market activities worldwide, allowing for its clients to expand their digital asset activities